Wow...so how long as it been? Ummm over a year right? Hehe...yeah I deeply apologize for such a late update...
To be brutally honest, I lost interest in this story months ago, hence the reason for no update.. Plus, life got in the way, I got a job, school, not to mention that I am now co-writing a novel with my best friend while trying to write an original story along with about five fanfictions I haven't even started yet... so yeah life got in the way.
For the past three weeks, I have been watching and re-watching Gundam 00 to inspire me to write again while looking up more information about the characters while trying to solidify my plans for this story.
I am NOT giving up on this story, it comes to haunt me in my dreams when I think about quitting.
Anywhoo... so since its been a while... please be nice to me and don't try to kill me... and I will try to update soon...ish...
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Gundam 00
I hope you guys enjoy!
Chapter VII
Inside the bridge of the Ptlomaios, Rina stood by the tactical forecaster's chair, her eyes full of determination. Turning her head to Feldt, the coordinator slowly nodded her head before the pinkette turned back to the screen before her as she typed in the necessary codes.
"Removing external camouflage," reported Feldt as the invisible layer covering the top part of the Ptlomaios II was removed, revealing the Celestial Being mother ship.
"Estimating approximately 0037 until enemy observation satellites spot us," reported Milena before they both turned towards Rina.
The coordinator remained silent as she formed a plan in her head, her eyes glowing a dark golden hue as she formulated the plan and how it would be executed to get minimal damage to the gundams and the Ptlomey.
"All hands to primary battle stations!"
...
Inside his room, Saj's eyes fell in despair as the images of the bodies from the Katharon massacre flashed in his head over and over again. On the computer screen was a new broadcast from the Federation, informing the public about the massacre and A-Laws' future actions towards Katharon and Celestial Being.
"This is all my fault," he whispered, his voice full of despair as he gripped the ring clasped around his neck. A silent sob racked his body as he curled up on the bed.
"What should I do? Kinue,Louise!" he whispered when he heard Milena's voice ring through the intercom that they were about to enter the battle zone. A solemn expression flashed across Saji's face before he bolted out of the room with Haro following him.
...
Staring out into the space as everyone else got ready for the upcoming battle, Soma silently stood in front of all the mobile suits with a grim expression on her face. As images of the Katharon massacre flashed through her head, she grimaced before a stoic expression filled her face once more.
"I am a super soldier, I was created to fight, that is the only reason I exist" she whispered repeatedly when she heard footsteps approaching her. Turning her head, the white-haired woman stopped when she saw a short blond-haired female staring at her.
"Excuse me, am I interrupting?" the blonde woman questioned and Soma looked at the younger woman up and down before she nodded her head.
"No, I don't mind," Soma curtly answered back when she saw the girl's eyes widen for a fraction of a second before she looked down.
"Pardon me mam," the blonde woman whispered.
"Who are you?" questioned Soma to which the other female immediately straightened up and raised her arm in a salute.
Warrant Officer Louis Halevy, assigned to this location as reserve personnel," answered Louis and Soma also raised her arm in a salute.
"Lieutenant Soma Peries of the mobile suit unit." Louis let out a small gasp before she immediately lowered her head.
"I apologize Lieutenant for speaking to you so casually," she started to apologize but Soma cut her off before she could go on.
"I don't mind," Soma stated before she looked at the machines once more before she spoke.
"You don't have to try so hard."
Louise's eyes widened before she looked over at her superior.
"What?" she whispered before Soma glanced back at her.
"I can sense your pain with my quantum brainwaves. You're crying on the inside while you act like nothing wrong on the outside. You miss someone, very dearly at that."
Before Louise could even retort, the sound of someone calling Soma caught both of the two women's attention before they turned to see Andrei walking towards them. A smile formed on Andrei as he found his superior before he made his way to her. But when he saw the blonde-haired woman next to Soma, he paused at the sight of her. His eyes widened slightly as he stopped and looked at the younger woman.
"Who are you?" he voiced out loud, immediately regretting asking. The blonde pulled her arm up in a stiff salute, her green eyes serious.
"Warrant Officer Louise Halevy sir," she responded to which Andrei nodded, a slight blush forming on his face as he stared at her. Soma looked at Andrei dead in the eye, noticing how her fellow officer was staring at the woman next to her.
"Lieutenant, answer her," she ordered, snapping Andrei from his stupor as he quickly saluted.
"Second Lieutenant Andrei Smirnov," Louise stared up at the older man with a questioning look at his flustered actions before she turned back to Soma and smiled at her. Watching her interact with the stoic officer, Andrei could only admire the beauty of the girl before his eyes fell at the sight of her.
She was so young. Too young to be fighting.
...
As the Celestial Being mother ship cruised along the ocean, Rina stood by the Captain's chair where Sumeargi Lee Noriega usually sat. Even when the others insisted that she sit due to the fact that she was the one that came up with the strategy, she refused and stood by the side of it. She glanced around at the other three who were scrambling around, getting ready for the upcoming battle. A small smile formed on her face before she turned back to the front.
She had missed this. To be back with Celestial Being, fighting once more.
"We are now in enemy's visual range," stated Milena before she looked over at Rina. The coordinator remained silent before she turned towards the screen before her. Feldt and Lasse glanced over at Rina.
"By the way, when did you start making tactical forecasts?" questioned Lasse to which Rina looked over and offered a small smile at him.
"I'll explain everything later, after we get out of this."
She turned back to the screen before she opened a connection with all the four gundam meisters. She glanced at everyone before she started to talk.
"We're now in the enemy's visual range, our goal is to allow Katharon to escape. Use formation D-8 and draw the enemy away from Katharon," to which all the meisters nodded before the connection cut off. Once the screen turned back to the scene before her. Rina's eyes locked on the incoming mobile suits in the distance. Looking over at the three crew members, she offered a small smile before she turned back to the screen. As she stared at the screen, her blood boiled at the memory of what A-Laws had done. They had destroyed Katharon's Middle Eastern Base. So many people had died, and the destruction was irreversible. Rina let out a small breath before she closed her eyes and clenched her fists. When she reopened them, her eyes were glowing a dark gold hue.
"Have the gundams launch."
...
As Milena and Feldt performed the launch sequences, Tieria glanced ahead. His red eyes narrowed at the memory of what had happened at the Katharon base flashed through his head when Feldt announced the clear.
"Roger that, Seravee, Tieria Erde, launching."
Allejiuah's olive and silver eyes remained solemn as he slowly put on his helmet as Miliena readied Arios' launch.
"Even without quantum brainwaves, I can fight," he whispered to himself when Milena's face appeared on the screen to his right.
"You have control Mr. Haptism," the young girl reported to which Allejiuah nodded.
"I have control now, Arios, Allejiuah Haptism, moving to intercept."
While being transported from the hangar to deck 1, Lockon's eyes narrowed as his grip onthe controls tightened. He glanced over at the orange A.I docked in its place.
"Haro, we're going into serious mode today," his voice cut off bitter to which Haro flapped its wings/ears.
"Roger that ! Roger that!" and Lockon let a small smile graze his face before he faced forward again.
"Cherudim, Lockon Stratos, targeted and firing!"
"Setsuna! Don't you dare even touch the Trans-Am system!" Ian's voice warned the young meister who only nodded.
"Roger that," and when the connection was cut, Setsuna tightened his grip on the controls as the events that transpired in Azadistan flashed in his head. A red gundam, a throne gundam to be exact.
"That gundam," he whispered when he heard Feldt giving him the launch sequence, and he saw Rina's face to his side as she looked at him.
"Remember, we need to buy time for Katharon to escape, direct all of their attention onto us," she stated and Setsuna nodded before he faced forward. His eyes narrowed as he willed himself to focus on the upcoming battle as the launch sequence was completed.
"Roger that, 00, Setsuna , launching!"
Once the gundams were launched, Rina turned back to the crew members.
"The gundams will be able to cover both us and Katharon, but that doesn't mean that some of the enemy's mobile suits will come after us," and everyone nodded to her before Rina turned back to the front. As she watched the gundams head towards the battle ship, her eyes started to glow a dark gold hue as she went through the plan through her head once more. Glancing back at the others, she noticed how everyone was focusing on the upcoming battle before she looked ahead.
"Some mobile suits might break through, be cautious of that."
Suddenly, a communication opened up before her. Rina's eyes widened as her eyes returned to their normal hue before she pressed the button allowing the communication to go through to have Saji's desperate face appear before her.
"What is it Saji?" and the brunette civilian stepped forward with determination seeping through his eyes.
"You guys are fighting to protect the Katharon people right? Please, let me help I'll do anything!" Rina hesitated at his plea before she shook her head at him.
"All you can do is wish us luck," and with that, she cut the connection before staring at the screen ahead.
"A mobile suit team is heading towards the gundams probably A-Laws," Feldt reported before she glanced over at Rina.
"We will soon be entering combat airspace," Milena piped up.
A silence fell over the bridge before Rina opened up a communication with the meisters. She didn't even need to ask or check on them before she muttered two words.
"Commence attack."
...
The second the words left her lips, she could feel the battle commence. Even without the screen portraying the battle, her quantum brainwaves allowed her to feel the emotions of the gundam meisters as they started to fire. Her eyes were glowing at dark gold hue allowing her to feel the emotions of not only the meisters but the crew members as well.
"A-Laws probably split their forces to engage each of the gundams, Lasse," Rina turned to the gunner who looked up at her. "Start firing at the enemy mobile suits, we have to get all of their attention on us and the gundams," to which Lasse smiled before he started to fire. Rina stared back at the screen, her eyes narrowing as she mentally calculated the next movements they had to make when Miliena's voice filled her ears.
"The auto-fire bombardment isn't hitting anything!"
Lasse cursed as he tried to hit the mobile suits.
"Dammit, if Litchy was here, then maybe-!" when a connection opened up with Ian.
"I'll go to the sub bridge to handle the bombardment, you handle the ship, and Rina," both Lasse and Rina snapped up at Ian's words. "Head over to hangar 2, X-Freedom is waiting for you."
Rina's eyes only widened to the mechanic's words before she glanced over at the other crew members.
"What?" she questioned when Milena smiled at her.
"That's your gundam Miss Yamato!" she yelled and Rina's eyes widened before she sprinted out of the bridge.
...
" !" Saji yelled following the mechanic who paused. "Please let me help."
Ian's eyes narrowed at the civilian standing before him.
"Are you sure about that?" he questioned to which Saji nodded his head vigorously.
"All I want to do is to protect those people!"
Ian glanced back in hesitation before he started to run towards the sub bridge.
"Fine then, follow me!"
...
Running into the hangar, Rina stopped when she saw the only machine inside. The red gundam in the center look almost exactly to Freedom except for some of the details were different.
"X-Freedom," whispered Rina before she ran towards the gundam. Once the cockpit opened, Rina glanced inside.
A gundam. Her gundam. She was going to fight. Taking a deep breath, Rina jumped in. Once she was inside the cockpit, Rina smiled as she looked around at the interior. Gripping the controls, she waited for the red light to scan her eyes before the machine came to life. The smile on her face widened as she looked at the screen before her.
"My gundam," she whispered before her eyes narrowed in determination before she opened a connection with the bridge. She could see the wide eyes of Feldt staring at her before she looked straight ahead,
"Feldt, I'm going to launch."
"But you're not in a pilot suit,-" started the pinkette when one glance from Rina shut her up. The meister glanced back at the screen before her, calculating the time sequence and the best battle strategy.
"We don't have time for that! Hurry up and get the launch sequence!" and Feldt nodded before she cut the transmission and she turned back to Lasse and Milena.
"Our fifth meister is back."
...
As he fired the Gn- bazooka at the incoming mobile suits, Tieria gritted his teeth as the enemy mobile suits evaded and started to fire back. While a Gn- field surrounded Seravee, Tiereia's eyes narrowed at the enemy.
"As expected of A-Laws, they're good," he muttered.
...
Allejiuah's eyes widened when he felt the presence of something in the back of his head as an Ahead rammed into Arios.
"Marie!" he yelled as he evaded the incoming particle beams from the firing Ahead.
Soma's eyes narrowed as she stared at the winged gundam before her.
"Subject E-57!"
...
Setsuna's eyes narrowed as he saw the incoming mobile suit. He gripped the controls tightly as he recognized the mobile suit as the one from earlier.
"That model!" he yelled as he started to fire particle beams at the incoming machine.
Inside his machine, Mr. Bushido smiled as he dodged the particle beams before he spoke.
"I see your aim has improved gundam!" he yelled as he pulled out a beam saber and attacked to which 00 countered with its Gn-Sword before it kicked the Ahead machine only to be rammed from behind from the same machine.
...
While firing at the mobile suits from close to the water, Lockon's eyes narrowed at the A-Laws mobile suits.
"Dam you A-Laws," he growled as he fired once more.
...
Inside the sub-bridge, Ian glanced over at Saji who stared down at the machinery before him.
"You know how this thing works right?" he questioned to which Saji nodded when Milena announced over the intercom that X-Freedom was ready for launch. Ian looked up and a small smile appeared on his face when he saw the crimson gundam launch from deck two.
...
As she waited for the launch sequence to take place, Rina took deep breaths as she started to focus on the battle before her. She heard Feldt and Milena scramble to ready her gundam and she heard Ian report that he was at the sub-bridge readying the bombardment. Her eyes narrowed before she closed her eyes. When she reopened them, her pupils were dilated while glowing a dark gold.
She was not going to let A-Laws hurt anyone. She was going to protect the Ptlomey. She was going to protect her family.
"Sending launch sequence to X-Freedom!" yelled Milena and Rina took a deep breath before her grip on the controls tightened. When she opened her eyes, they were glowing a dark gold hue.
"Roger that, X-Freedom, launching!" yelled Rina as her grip on the controls tightened before the red gundam launched. As the machine launched, Rina gritted her teeth as the effect of not wearing a pilot suit took its tool.
"Rina, stay near Ptlomey," ordered Lasse and Rina nodded as she piloted the gundam near the Celestial Being mother ship. She glanced around the ship and noticed that there were three machines heading towards it.
"Roger that," she reported when she saw an Ahead heading her way. Pulling out a beam saber, her eyes narrowed as she evaded the Ahead's initial attack before X-Freedom sliced the Ahead in two and exploded behind her.
...
Inside Sick Bay, Sumeragi stirred as she slowly opened her eyes when she heard the announcement of X- Freedom's launch filled her ears. Snapping up, her eyes widened as she grabbed her communicator and stared at the mission plan.
"What?!"
...
"Two enemy machines are closing in on the ship!" yelled Feldt to which Rina' snapped up in response. Her eyes widened when she saw two Gn-X machines that managed to get past her heading towards the ship. Her eyes narrowed as she piloted X-Freedom towards the two machines.
Ian's eyes widened when he saw the incoming mobile suits before he looked over at Saji,
"Fire!" he yelled at the civilian who froze as his finger started to shake at the trigger.
"What are you doing! Fire!" the mechanic yelled again which fell on deaf ears as Saji's whole body began to shake as memories of his past words entered his ears.
'Killing someone would make me the same as you guys!'
"What's the matter with you! Fire!" Ian yelled again, his eyes frantically glancing back at Saji.
'But if you fight, more innocent people will die!'
Saji's eyes widened as he whimpered at the incoming mobile suit.
"Stay away," he whispered, his hands shaking erratically while holding onto the trigger.
'Its only natural for people to hate you after what you people have done!'
"Please stay away!"
'Those children are also victims of your actions!'
Inside her unit, Louise' eyes narrowed as she approached the Celestial Being mothership. Finally, revenge for her parents. For her hand, for everything she had lost.
"Celestial Being!" she screamed.
Inside the sub-bridge, Saji threw his head back and screamed.
"STAY AWAY!"
Ian's eyes widened as he saw the GnX right in front of him when a red gundam slammed into its side and sliced off its right arm.
...
Louise's eyes narrowed at the new machine but before she could even counter attack, Andrei's machine shielded her from any more damage.
"We're too far in the front line! Fall back Warrant Officer!" ordered Andrei and Louise's eyes widened.
"But sir-!"
"That's an order!"
...
"Are you guys okay?" questioned a voice and both Ian and Saji snapped up to see Rina's face on the screen, her eyes full of concern.
"Rina!" yelled Ian and Rina nodded her head towards him in acknowledgement.
"I'll draw those two away from Ptlomey, you guys focus on the bombardment," she stated before she glanced over at Saji and her eyes darkened before she piloted away from Ptlomey and headed towards the battle front. Ian glanced back over at Saji who had crumpled in his seat, his head hanging low as he held back sobs.
"So you couldn't shoot after all, so be it."
...
Mr. Bushido let out a battle cry as he attacked the double-engine gundam with his beam saber to which Setsuna parried. The blonde man's eyes narrowed as he realized that the gundam wasn't using its full force against him.
"Are you going easy on me to insult me gundam!" he yelled, anger filling his entire being at the motion of being mocked by the gundam's pilot. Inside 00, Setsuna gritted his teeth at the Ahead's attack.
"At this rate-," when 00 was pushed back by the Ahead.
...
"Marie! Stop this!" Alleljuah screamed as Arios dodged the constant firing. "Its me! Allelujah!" he yelled out once more only to have his plea fall on deaf ears. Inside her Ahead unit, Soma's eyes narrowed as she pulled out a beam saber and charged.
"I am a super soldier!" she screamed as she stabbed Arios' right shoulder. Allelujah screamed as smoke filled the cockpit. But before his vision blocked out, his eyes widened as he grabbed onto the Ahead before him.
"Marie!"
Soma's eyes widened as she tried to pull away from the winged gundam's grip to no avail.
"The hell!" as the two machines fell onto one of the islands nearby.
...
"Gundam! This is your requiem!" yelled Mr. Bushido as he brought his beam saber down on 00. Suddenly, the gundam began to glow red as it dodged the incoming strike. Mr. Bushido's eyes widened at the disappearance when a particle beam hit the back of his machine. Turning around, he saw the gundam he was facing approach at incredible speed before he parried an attack with his beam saber. A smile formed on his face as he finally got the fight he had longed for.
"This is what I'm talking about gundam!" he yelled but his eyes widened a second later when the double-engine gundam disappeared again only to appear behind him. When he turned around, the gundam sliced off the Ahead's arm causing the blonde pilot to grimace.
As he fired at the Ahead, 00 raised its Gn-Sword as it finally caught up to the Ahead unit.
"Got you!" when suddenly, Trans-Am was disengaged. "What!" yelled the raven-haired meister as he stared down at the system going into overload as smoke started to emit from the two Gn-Drives and the gundam fell back into its normal blue and white coloring as the effects of Trans-Am disappeared and 00 fell back into the water.
"A system overload!"
Inside his Ahead, Mr. Bushido remained silent as he watched the gundam before him fall into the water with smoke coming form its Gn-Drives.
"I see, his suit isn't in perfect condition," before he pulled out another beam saber.
Setsuna snapped up when he heard the alarm inside the cockpit beep alerting of an enemy and his eyes widened at the sight of the Ahead he was fighting holding a beam saber against 00's head.
's eyes narrowed before he sheathed his beam saber.
"There's no point in beating you in this state!" he yelled before he piloted his Ahead away, a notion the other A-Laws soldier noticed.
"All attack the double engine machine!" yelled Captain Zinin as three machines approached the blue and white gundam.
But before they could get remotely close to the gundam, a particle beam hit one of the Gn-x machines, destroying it.
Setsuna snapped up when he saw a red gundam fly past him, slicing one of the other Gn-x machines before his eyes widened at the gundam before him
"X-Freedom," he whispered when aa connection immediately opened to his right and he saw Rina staring at him with wide eyes.
"Setsuna," the two stared at each other a for a few seconds when more particle beams were fired at the incoming A-Laws mobile suits. Both meisters turned their heads to see Cherudim and Seravee heading towards them, both gundam firing to keep the enemy from reaching close contact.
"Setsuna are you alright?" questioned Tieria as Cherudim, Seravee, and X-Freedom fired at the A-laws mobile suits keeping them at bay.
"The twin drive-,"
"All gundams fall back!" the meisters all snapped up at Sumeragi Lee Noriega's voice coming from the intercoms.
"Miss Sumeragi," whispered Rina as the tactical forecaster continued to speak, commanding the others of the plan.
"We'll force the enemy to split up. Use the torpedoes with highly concentrated particles and smoke to blind them,"
Lasse looked at Ian.
"Old man!" and Ian held up a thumbs up before firing the torpedoes into the water which then exploded a few yards in front of the gundams, blinding the enemy. A few moments later, silence enveloped the area causing the meisters to stop firing.
"Did they retreat?" questioned Lockon to which Tieria nodded his head when Feldt's voice filled the coms.
"I can't locate Arios! Allelujah's-!" and everyone snapped dup at her words. Immediatly. Rina's eyes began to glow a dark gold hue as she searched for Allelujah via her quantum brainwaves to get nothing.
"What!"
"You're saying that you can't locate Arios!" demanded Suemragi as she entered the bridge, her body leaning heavily against the door, shocking the crew members.
"Miss Sumeragi!" started Feldt but Sumeragi cut her off by entering the bridge.
"Find Arios' last known location from the mission recorder!" the brunette yelled to which Feldt nodded as she quickly tried to locate the coordinates. Sumeragi glanced over at Milena and Lasse with narrowed eyes.
"After retrieving 00, send the other gundams to search for Arios!"
"Yes mam!"
Sumeragi remained silent as she watched the others scramble around to do as she ordered before she glanced out the screen.
'Allelujah,'
...
Once 00 was docked in the hangar, Setsuna glanced over to see X- Freedom docking its place. When the door of the red gundam opened, the raven-haired meister stepped forward.
"Rina," he calledas Rina climbed out of the cockpit of X-Freedom. Rina paused before she walked over to Setsuna who looked at her up and down. His eyes narrowed when he realized that she wasn't dressed in a pilot suit and he knew the strains of piloting a gundam without wearing one. He could see her still catching her breath and his eyes narrowed at the sight of fresh bruises on her arms. Noticing his gaze, Rina covered her arm with the sleeve of her turtleneck. The two exchanged a silent glance when Ian's voice filled their ears as they both turned to see the mechanic running towards them. When the mechanic reached them, he tossed something to Rina who caught it in surprise. Her eyes widened at the crimson pilot suit in her hands before she saw Ian smiling at her and pointed his thumb at her gundam.
She only nodded before she turned back to Setsuna. He saw the pilot suit in her arms and his eyes narrowed.
"You're going?" he questioned and Rina's eyes narrowed at his displeasure.
"The orders were that every machine but 00 are to go looking for Allelujah."
Walking over, she stopped when they were shoulder to shoulder before she looked over at him .
"I'll be fine, stop worry so much about me," she whispered to which Setsuna remained silent as he pulled away from her and stared down at her. He could see the small smile on Rina's face before he slowly nodded his head. Rina smiled before she started to walk towards Setsuna's quarters.
"I have to go check on Sora," she called when Setsuna grabbed her hand. Turning around, Rina paused when Setsuna handed something to her. A small smile appeared on her face as she stared down at the object and she noticed Setsuna staring down at her, gazing at the bruises on her arms. She stepped away from him and stared up at him.
"I'm fine, you need to stop worrying about me."
...
Walking into the dark room, Rina smiled before she walked over to the bed and stared down at the figure sleeping. After placing a spherical object onto the side of the bed, she pulled up the blanket that had fallen off her son's body and covered the little boy up before she stood up. Grabbing the bottle of pills from the desk, Rina turned back to her sleeping son once more before she started towards the door.
"Mama?" questioned a soft voice and Rina paused at the door before she turned around to see Sora rubbing his drowsy eyes as he slowly sat up holding onto the stuffed bear in his arms. Rina smile as she walked over to the bed and patted Sora's head, trying to somehow control the mass of black hair on the boy's head.
"Its okay, go back to sleep," she whispered and Sora remained silent before he wrapped his small arms around his mother's neck and pulled her close. Rina's eyes widened for a second before she smiled and pulled Sora into her arms while patting his head.
"It's alright now, we're okay Sora," she whispered as the fear of A-laws destroying Ptlomey subsided from her thoughts. Sora nodded before he slowly pulled away and stared up at her. He noticed that his mother was now dressed in a crimson red pilot suit before he stared up at her.
"Mama?" he questioned and Rina smiled down at him.
"I have to go out and look for someone, you stay here okay?" she questioned and Sora slightly pouted at her request before he looked around the room. When his eyes landed on the spherical object, he reached over and grabbed the large object.
"Mama, what is this?" he questioned and Rina smiled when the object in Sora's hand started to move. Sora's eyes widened before he let go of the sphere in his hands. Rina held back her laughter when Sora launched himself at Rina, fear written all over his face.
"Mama! That thing moved!" he stated and Rina nodded before she picked up the object and Sora stared at it. Two slits on the object started to blink before the obejct came to life. Rina smiled as she held a blue Haro in her hands
"Sora, this is Blue Haro," smiled Rina as she handed the blue robot to her son. She could see his eyes widen in awe as Haro started to jump up and down.
"Nice to meet you! Nice to meet you!" and Sora smiled before he caught Haro and held him in his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Haro," he smiled to which the blue robot flapped its wings/ears in excitement. Rina couldn't help but smile at their interaction before she glanced at her communicator. Her eyes narrowed as she read her orders before Sora's voice snapped her out of her trance. Glancing at her son, she saw him holding onto Blue Haro with both his hands as he stared up at her.
"Where's papa?" he questioned.
"He's busy fixing his gundam," and at the word 'gundam', the little boy's blue eyes sparkled as he bolted up.
"Gundam! Mama! Can I go see it!" he pleaded, dropping onto his knees while putting his hands together and he stared up at Rina with wide eyes.
"Gundam! Gundam!" repeated Blue Haro, jumping up and down, adding to Sora's plea.
Rina couldn't help but smile at her son's behavior before she slowly thought about it.
"Okay, but you have to promise that you won't get in anyone's way and won't bother your father okay?" she stated and Sora vigorously nodded his head before he jumped down from the bed, grabbed Blue Haro and ran towards the door.
"Mama! Hurry!" he yelled as he waited for Rina at the door who in return smiled as she followed him out. Once he was in the hallway, Sora looked around before he turned back to Rina with a questioning look. Laughing, Rina walked over and picked up the four year old and headed towards the hanger.
...
The second Rina had left the hangar, Ian exploded.
"Dammit! Setsuna! I thought I told you not to touch the Trans-Am! It'll be a miracle if we can even get the Twin Drive system to start again!" yelled Ian as he and Setsuna stared at 00 and his eyes narrowed at the damaged machine before he looked at the mechanic.
"We need to fix it as soon as possible, Allelujah is-," but before he could finish his sentence, Ian looked past him and waved his hand.
"Here!" he yelled and Setsuna turned to see Saji running towards him in a frantic pace.
"Saji Crossroad," stated Setsuna, his eyes slightly narrowing at the civilian, "You're willing to work on a gundam?" questioned the raven-haired meister and Saji looked away in discomfort.
"As long as the Katharon people can get away, I'll do anything," and Setsuna paused at his words.
"They should be a safe distance from here by now," stated a voice and Saji, Setsuna, and Ian all snapped up to see Rina, dressed in her crimson pilot suit, walking towards them holding Sora in her arms. At the sight of Sora, Ian's eyes bulged out form their sockets as he pointed at the child in Rina's arms.
"What the hell!" he yelled and Rina glared at him.
"Mr. Ian, language!" she yelled before she set Sora down on the ground. Ian's jaw dropped as he saw the little boy run towards Setsuna and throw his arms around the stoic meister. His shock went deeper when he noticed that Setsuna didn't pull away from the boy's grasp but gently patted the little boy's head.
Setsuna stared down at the blue A.I in Sora's arms before he saw the smile on Sora's face as he held up Haro for his father to look at .
"This is Blue Haro!" he piped up and the blue robot spun around in Sora's grasp and its eye flashed a couple of times.
"Haro! Haro!" and a ghost of a smile formed on Setsuna's face as he patted Sora's head. Ian's eyes widened at his actions before he stepped forward.
"What the fu-?!" started Ian when this time both Rina and Setsuna glared at him. The mechanic instantly shut his mouth before he rearranged another sentence in his head.
"What is going on here?" and Rina smiled at his effort to not curse.
"We'll explain later," and she turned back to the raven-haired meister with a serious look adorning her face. "I have to go out and look for Allejiuah, Sora promised not to be a bother," and Setsuna nodded at her implications before he looked down at his son who smiled up at him. Rina smiled at her son's actions before she turned to look at Saji. She could see his shoulder sagging as he kept his eyes down to avoid looking at her. Her eyes fell at the sight of him.
"Saji Crossroad," she stated and the civilian took a step back and he looked down in shame.
"I couldn't shoot," he whispered as he recalled what had happened in the battle. Rina only smiled at him before she reached out and grasped his shoulder.
"Its fine that you didn't, don't beat yourself over that," and Saji's eyes widened before he saw Rina offer him a small smile before she turned around and headed towards her gundam. As she walked past Setsuna, the female meister glanced over at Setsuna who remained stoic but she could see the worry in his eyes. She gave him a reassuring smile before she walked over to her gundam. As she entered the cockpit of X-Freedom, she turned back and offered a small smile to Sora who in return smiled back at her.
Once she was inside, Rina slowly closed her eyes and when she reopened them, her eyes were glowing a dark gold hue.
"X-Freedom is ready to head out," she reported into the comm. and a few seconds later, Feldt replied with the launch sequence at hand. As the gundam was being transported out of the hangar into deck two. Rina glanced back at Sora's waving figure before she turned back to the front with determined eyes.
"Allejiuah," she whispered when Feldt announced that it was clear for the X-Freedom to launch.
"Roger that, X- Freedom, Rina Yamato, launching!"
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As X-Freedom was transported to deck two, Sora madly waved his arms at the gundam. Setsuna's eyes narrowed at the gundam disappearing before he looked over at his machine. His crimson eyes only hardened at the sight of his gundam in a state where he couldn't even help his own comrade.
"Bye Mama!" Sora yelled, his voice full of excitement as while Haro jumped up and down next to him as X-Freedom took off.
Once again, Ian's jaw dropped at the boy's words.
"MAMA?!"
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Regene Regetta's eyes narrowed at the screen before him. It seemed that Rina Yamato, had rejoined Celestial Being and was now piloting a gundam once more. The Innovator closed his eyes before letting out a irritated sigh. Now the plan was messed up due to her joining them. Glancing at the screen, a small smile appeared on his face as he re-read her vitals and status. Without Veda, her body was going to fail.
"Let's see how long you can go on, Rina Yamato, no, Rina Schenburg."
Yeah... so that ends this chapter... now I have to go and slave, I mean work diligently on the next chapter...ugh...
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed and I will TRY MY BEST not to leave for another year without an update... no promises though...